iOS 18 Installed on 76% of iPhones Sold in the Last Four Years

iOS 18 Installed on 76% of iPhones Sold in the Last Four Years

Apple has released iOS 18 adoption numbers for the first time since the operating system’s debut back in September, and iOS 18 installations this year are running neck-and-neck with iOS 17 adoption this time last year, according to iOS 18 installation statistics published on Apple Developer site.

iOS 18‌ has been installed on 76% of iPhones sold in the last four years, while 63% of iPads sold in the last four years are running iPadOS 18. 68% of all compatible iPhones have ‌iOS 18‌ installed, while 53% of all compatible iPads have ‌iPadOS 18‌ installed.

19% of all iPhones are still running iOS 17 and 13% have an earlier version of iOS installed. 28% of all iPads are running iPadOS 17, while 19% are running an earlier version of iPadOS.

Last year around this time, iOS 17 was installed on 76% of iPhones from the last four years, while 66% of all iPhones running the update. 61% of iPads from the last four years had iPadOS 17 installed, while 53% of all iPads had the software installed.

‌iOS 18‌ is compatible with the iPhone XS/XR and newer.